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> Just posted a few more photos:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
233 is a threading die holder.
235 is a tubing flaring tool. Clamps around the tubing, in this case one of
3 sizes.
225 goes with 235 and actually swages the flare.
229 is a common chain saw chain.
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********
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R.H. wrote:
> Just posted a few more photos:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
231 looks like a telephone dial. I think in the days
of actual dial telephones, only 24 letters were mapped
to the digits. The letters shown are the first of the
standard triplets 2-ABC 3-DEF, etc.
My desk electronic phone has all 26 letters with two
digits having quads instead of triplets: 7-PQRS 9-WXYZ.
I would guess the original standard omitted Q and Z.
Note that 8-T on your photo, that only makes sense if
one of PQRS is omitted from 7.
Odd that the dial you show has a Z on 0, that usually
means operator.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just posted a few more photos:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
230] A flare gun.
231] Telephone dial. Possibly for a service technician.
233] A die stock. (hold a die for cutting external threads.
234] You hold an ice cube in one hand and whap it with the convex end of the
tool.
235] holds tubing for flaring. used in conjunction with the tool in photo
#225
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
"Ron DeBlock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:49:16 +0000, R.H. wrote:
>
> > Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
>
> 230 - Device for enlarging, um, well, you know....
Nope, not for enlarging anything...
>
> 231 - measures drill or wire size?
Not for measuring
>
> 232 - Calcite? I have a chunk of that around here somewhere.
This one isn't calcite.
>
> 233 - threading die holder
Correct.
>
> 234 - looks like a ladle, but that's an odd way to attach the handle.
Nope
>
> 235 - part of a tube flaring tool set. That part clamps 'round the tube.
Yes
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> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
<snip>
>>And when I found out that the "boot weight" was made of leather, but
>>before I found out it was a boot weight, I was going to say, "blackjack."
>>Which is probably what it was, like a "tire checker" is a tire checker.
>
> ;-)
>
> I actually bought the book weight at a book store, but I guess someone could
> use it for whatever suited their needs. A lot of people thought it was a
> blackjack.
>
>
I can't recall how long ago, but there was a woman who had her book
weight confiscated by TSA geniuses who thought it was a blackjack.
--
Christian Groth
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings,
they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
"R.H." wrote:
>
> Just posted a few more photos:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
Item 230 looks like an old cork remover for wine bottles
Item 231 is the dial off an old linemans test phone... you had to use a
pin or pick in the holes to dial it.
Item 232 looks like a piece of quartz.
Item 233 is a die holder for a threading die.
Item 234 is a lead ladle for pouring lead into cast iron pipe joints for
cauking.
Item 235 is half of a flaring tool...
Item 224 is a rplacement link to repair a broken tire chain
Item 225 is the other half of the flairing tool 235
Item 226 is an ice breaker ....many times used as a soft blow hammer for
a number of things.
Item 227 is a spoke wrench to set the tension on bicycle tires spokes.
John
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:49:16 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just posted a few more photos:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
>
#231: Very old rotary dial for phone
#232: Calcite?
#233: Die holder for die part of tap and die set
#234: Crucible for some kind of molten metal? Lead for bullet molds?
#235: Missing part of flaring tool from last week's puzzles
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads dry
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just posted a few more photos:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
230: rug-hooking shuttle.
Kris
> > As you guessed, it's not calcite.
>
> I remember learning about some mineral that's a bunch of parallel fibers,
> but can't remember what it is - asbestos springs to mind, but that's
> probably not right.
> http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/minerals/asbestos.html
> Chrysotile or Grunerite, maybe.
It's not any of these.
> 233 is a die holder for threading pipe or rod stock.
Correct
>
> 234 looks like some kind of whacker, but I can't imagine for what.
> Maybe to knock out cows for slaughter.
Yes, it's for hitting something, but it's much too small for cows.
>
> 235 is a clamp used to hold tube for flaring the end
> e.g.:
> http://www.etoolcart.com/browseproducts/Tube-Flaring-Set-KD2199.html
> Hey - 225 is the other half of 235!
>
> 224 is a removable chain link
Both of these are correct.
>
> 226 is a two-headed measuring spoon
Nope, it's made of leather
> 227 some kind of machine tool key or valve handle
No, it's a specific type of wrench.
> 229 chain saw blade
Correct.
Rob
In article <[email protected]>,
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just posted a few more photos:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
230. Gunner's crib toy.
231. Prehistoric Speak 'n' Spell
232. Left over transparent aluminum from that time the Enterprise came
back in time and stole some whales. And a book.
233. Beer cap untwister for the elderly.
234. Russian TV calibration tool--use it to whack the side of the tube.
235. Stocks for elves who won't build toys fast enough.
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"john" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> "R.H." wrote:
> >
> > Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> > Rob
>
>
>
>
>
> Item 230 looks like an old cork remover for wine bottles
Nope
> Item 231 is the dial off an old linemans test phone... you had to use a
> pin or pick in the holes to dial it.
Correct
> Item 232 looks like a piece of quartz.
This one isn't quartz.
>
> Item 233 is a die holder for a threading die.
Yes
>
> Item 234 is a lead ladle for pouring lead into cast iron pipe joints for
> cauking.
Nope
>
> Item 235 is half of a flaring tool...
>
> Item 224 is a rplacement link to repair a broken tire chain
>
> Item 225 is the other half of the flairing tool 235
These three are correct, though I'm not sure if 224 is for tire chain.
>
> Item 226 is an ice breaker ....many times used as a soft blow hammer for
> a number of things.
Nope
>
> Item 227 is a spoke wrench to set the tension on bicycle tires spokes.
Yes
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:49:16 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >Rob
> >
>
> #231: Very old rotary dial for phone
Yes, but as I replied to a different post, it's not for a regular phone.
>
> #232: Calcite?
Nope
>
> #233: Die holder for die part of tap and die set
Correct
>
> #234: Crucible for some kind of molten metal? Lead for bullet molds?
This one isn't a crucible
> #235: Missing part of flaring tool from last week's puzzles
Yes
"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> #232 The mineral ulexite
Correct, it's also called a TV stone, if you hold it up to your eye you
can't see through it (you can't see across the room, just a blur of light),
an image can be seen through it only when it's placed directly on something.
With it's fibrous crystal growth, it's like naturally occurring fiber
optics, as you can see in the photos the image is transmitted straight up
from the bottom. If you put it on a dollar or a printed page and move it
around, the way the image looks in relation to the real printing is very
unusual. I get really great reactions with this one, it's one of my
favorite things to show people.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just posted a few more photos:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#231 is a small phone dial, probably meant to be used with a stylus. It
could be from the type of phone that linemen wore on their belts in the dial
phone dim past.
#234 is for breaking ice cubes. Hold the cube in the palm of one hand, and
make the weight vibrate against it. I have one--it works. Brand name is
"Tap Icer."
"Matthew Russotto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 231 -- a very old fashioned telephone dial
It's a telephone dial used for testing purposes by linemen.
> 232 -- I'd think it was clear calcite, except it doesn't exhibit the
> double-refraction property. It does have a high index of
> refraction.
As you guessed, it's not calcite.
> 234 -- the result of 0^0, in physical form.
I'll have to do some research on this...
"Wood Butcher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 231. Dial mechanism out of a telephone installer/linesmans
> test set(pre touch tone era). I have several of these sets
> which used to be my old man's. Got them from him after he
> retired.
Correct
"Dave Bell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> R.H. wrote:
>
> > Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> 230: !!! Center part looks like a strap tensioning spindle; the top left
> appears to clamp over (something); the very top left appears to be a
> ratchet pawl for the shaft; at the bottom left, the spiral could be a
> guide for a hose or cable. I have no idea!
You're right about the spiral, a long rope goes through the short coil at
the lower left of the first photo and I think it also passes through the
handle at the upper left.
>
> 231: Telephone dial, possibly from a test set.
Correct
>
> 232: Calcite, I believe
Nope
>
> 233: Die stock (handle)
>
> 234: Ice cracker
>
> 235: The missing part of the flaring tool in the previous set
These last three are correct.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:41:35 +0000, R.H. wrote:
> >
> > > Haven't had many new guesses for a couple days so I went ahead and
> posted an
> > > answer link to the latest set.
> > >
> > > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> > Got any more pix of 228? I notice it's still "Unknown". It looks like a
> > folding straightedge, but I'd really like to see some better pix, with
it
> > folded and unfolded, closeups of the hinge, and stick ends, and recess,
> > and so on. It could be Paul Bunyan's Razor! ;-)
>
> This one belongs to someone else, there used to be more photos of it at
this
> link, half way down the page:
>
> http://www.rightgood.com/log/2002_05_26_bark.htm
>
> But I just checked and they're coming up blank, maybe they'll show up in a
> day or two. I'll email him and see what's up.
>
My initial impression is that the device is a miter gauge.
Carl G.
Woodbutcher, any interest in getting rid of one? My dad, my grandpa, great
grandpa, and I are and was, all "Bell guy's" <read phone men>
"Wood Butcher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 231. Dial mechanism out of a telephone installer/linesmans
> test set(pre touch tone era). I have several of these sets
> which used to be my old man's. Got them from him after he
> retired.
>
> Art
>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
>
>
"B.B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >Rob
>
> 230. Gunner's crib toy.
> 231. Prehistoric Speak 'n' Spell
> 232. Left over transparent aluminum from that time the Enterprise came
> back in time and stole some whales. And a book.
> 233. Beer cap untwister for the elderly.
> 234. Russian TV calibration tool--use it to whack the side of the tube.
> 235. Stocks for elves who won't build toys fast enough.
lol, these are your best answers yet...
In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just posted a few more photos:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
231 -- a very old fashioned telephone dial
232 -- I'd think it was clear calcite, except it doesn't exhibit the
double-refraction property. It does have a high index of
refraction.
234 -- the result of 0^0, in physical form.
In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just posted a few more photos:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
230) It *looks* like a long-reach industrial strength corkscrew,
but it might be for drilling long holes through wood.
231) Phone dial from the old rubber-encased lineman's handsets.
232) It looks to me like a big salt crystal.
233) Die stock. Looks to have been die cast, not forged, so I don't
know about the strength under serious use.
234) Spring mounted drumstick for quick automatic repeats?
235) The other half of the flaring tool which you had in the last
batch (225).
Enjoy,
DoN.
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"Leo Lichtman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Just posted a few more photos:
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> #231 is a small phone dial, probably meant to be used with a stylus. It
> could be from the type of phone that linemen wore on their belts in the
dial
> phone dim past.
> #234 is for breaking ice cubes. Hold the cube in the palm of one hand,
and
> make the weight vibrate against it. I have one--it works. Brand name is
> "Tap Icer."
Both of these are correct, though I haven't tried the ice cracker yet.
Dang, I was gonna say upsidaisyum!
"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> #232 The mineral ulexite
>
>
> "R.H." wrote:
> >
> > Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> > Rob
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 230) It *looks* like a long-reach industrial strength corkscrew,
> but it might be for drilling long holes through wood.
This one isn't a corkscrew nor a drill
> 231) Phone dial from the old rubber-encased lineman's handsets.
Correct
>
> 232) It looks to me like a big salt crystal.
Nope
>
> 233) Die stock. Looks to have been die cast, not forged, so I don't
> know about the strength under serious use.
Yes
>
> 234) Spring mounted drumstick for quick automatic repeats?
Nope
>
> 235) The other half of the flaring tool which you had in the last
> batch (225).
Correct
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> R.H. wrote:
> > Just posted a few more photos:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
>
> 231 looks like a telephone dial. I think in the days
> of actual dial telephones, only 24 letters were mapped
> to the digits. The letters shown are the first of the
> standard triplets 2-ABC 3-DEF, etc.
>
> My desk electronic phone has all 26 letters with two
> digits having quads instead of triplets: 7-PQRS 9-WXYZ.
> I would guess the original standard omitted Q and Z.
> Note that 8-T on your photo, that only makes sense if
> one of PQRS is omitted from 7.
> Odd that the dial you show has a Z on 0, that usually
> means operator.
It's a dial, but not for a regular phone.
"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:41:35 +0000, R.H. wrote:
>
> > Haven't had many new guesses for a couple days so I went ahead and
posted an
> > answer link to the latest set.
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Got any more pix of 228? I notice it's still "Unknown". It looks like a
> folding straightedge, but I'd really like to see some better pix, with it
> folded and unfolded, closeups of the hinge, and stick ends, and recess,
> and so on. It could be Paul Bunyan's Razor! ;-)
This one belongs to someone else, there used to be more photos of it at this
link, half way down the page:
http://www.rightgood.com/log/2002_05_26_bark.htm
But I just checked and they're coming up blank, maybe they'll show up in a
day or two. I'll email him and see what's up.
>
> And when I found out that the "boot weight" was made of leather, but
> before I found out it was a boot weight, I was going to say, "blackjack."
> Which is probably what it was, like a "tire checker" is a tire checker.
;-)
I actually bought the book weight at a book store, but I guess someone could
use it for whatever suited their needs. A lot of people thought it was a
blackjack.
231. Dial mechanism out of a telephone installer/linesmans
test set(pre touch tone era). I have several of these sets
which used to be my old man's. Got them from him after he
retired.
Art
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just posted a few more photos:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:49:16 +0000, R.H. wrote:
> Just posted a few more photos:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
230 - Device for enlarging, um, well, you know....
231 - measures drill or wire size?
232 - Calcite? I have a chunk of that around here somewhere.
233 - threading die holder
234 - looks like a ladle, but that's an odd way to attach the handle.
235 - part of a tube flaring tool set. That part clamps 'round the tube.
-Ron
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>
> "Matthew Russotto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >Just posted a few more photos:
>> >
>> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>> 231 -- a very old fashioned telephone dial
>
> It's a telephone dial used for testing purposes by linemen.
>
>> 232 -- I'd think it was clear calcite, except it doesn't exhibit the
>> double-refraction property. It does have a high index of
>> refraction.
>
> As you guessed, it's not calcite.
I remember learning about some mineral that's a bunch of parallel fibers,
but can't remember what it is - asbestos springs to mind, but that's
probably not right.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/minerals/asbestos.html
Chrysotile or Grunerite, maybe.
233 is a die holder for threading pipe or rod stock.
234 looks like some kind of whacker, but I can't imagine for what.
Maybe to knock out cows for slaughter.
235 is a clamp used to hold tube for flaring the end
e.g.:
http://www.etoolcart.com/browseproducts/Tube-Flaring-Set-KD2199.html
Hey - 225 is the other half of 235!
224 is a removable chain link
226 is a two-headed measuring spoon
227 some kind of machine tool key or valve handle
229 chain saw blade
Cheers!
Rich
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:41:35 +0000, R.H. wrote:
> Haven't had many new guesses for a couple days so I went ahead and posted an
> answer link to the latest set.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
Got any more pix of 228? I notice it's still "Unknown". It looks like a
folding straightedge, but I'd really like to see some better pix, with it
folded and unfolded, closeups of the hinge, and stick ends, and recess,
and so on. It could be Paul Bunyan's Razor! ;-)
And when I found out that the "boot weight" was made of leather, but
before I found out it was a boot weight, I was going to say, "blackjack."
Which is probably what it was, like a "tire checker" is a tire checker. ;-)
Cheers!
Rich
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> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
>
> 230: rug-hooking shuttle.
Nope, it's not for rug-hooking.
"Steve Knight" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 232 quartz or beach class.
Neither of these.
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>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Just posted a few more photos:
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> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
>
> 230] A flare gun.
Nope
> 231] Telephone dial. Possibly for a service technician.
> 233] A die stock. (hold a die for cutting external threads.
> 234] You hold an ice cube in one hand and whap it with the convex end of
the
> tool.
> 235] holds tubing for flaring. used in conjunction with the tool in photo
> #225
All of these are right.
R.H. wrote:
> Just posted a few more photos:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
230: !!! Center part looks like a strap tensioning spindle; the top left
appears to clamp over (something); the very top left appears to be a
ratchet pawl for the shaft; at the bottom left, the spiral could be a
guide for a hose or cable. I have no idea!
231: Telephone dial, possibly from a test set.
232: Calcite, I believe
233: Die stock (handle)
234: Ice cracker
235: The missing part of the flaring tool in the previous set
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> 230 is an apple corer, I think :)
230 isn't an apple corer, it's not something that is used in the home.
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> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Just posted a few more photos:
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> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
>
> 233 is a threading die holder.
> 235 is a tubing flaring tool. Clamps around the tubing, in this case one
of
> 3 sizes.
> 225 goes with 235 and actually swages the flare.
> 229 is a common chain saw chain.
These are all correct.